Roller-blind and fixings for same.



ROLLER BLIND AND FIXINGS FOR SAME.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19, 1901.

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UNITED STATES 1 PATENT OFFICE.

ANNIE ELEANORA MILLANE, OF ELSTERNWIOK, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

ROLLER-BLIND AND FIXINGS FOR SAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,372, dated February 10, 1903.

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Be it known that I, ANNIE ELEANORA MIL- LANE, gentlewoman, asubject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at corner Gladstone Parade and Hartington street, El-

sternwick, in the State of Victoria, Australia, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Roller-Blind and Fixings for Same, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists of an improved roller-blind and fixings for same, the blind being devised either for use as a sun-blind that is, for being placed outside a window or a door-or it may be used as an ordinary inside blind, or as a veranda-blind, or for a screen in warehouses and the like, or for the windows of railway-carriages, tram-cars, and other vehicles.

The blind is hung at top from a plain cordwonnd rollerthat is, one not provided with springs to lift the blind-and, again the roller is for most purposes arranged inside the apartment or building, and it is furnished with an adjustable cord-drum, the hand-cord from which passes through a spring frictiongrip affixed at a convenient position, and it is by means of said grip that the blind is held at the desired height or position.

The invention will now be described, aided by a reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows an inside view of a blind as arranged upon a window for use as a sunblind; and Fig. 2, a sectional view of same on line a a, Fig. 1. Figs. ,3 and 3 are side and end views, respectively, of the blind-roller and itsfittings. a side view, and a front view, respectively, of the friction grip or compressor which is designed to hold the roller-cord and so retain the blind at the desired position. Figs. 5

and 5 show details of a modified form of hanging roller-bracket.

In constructing a sun-blind, as A, when hung from an inside roller 0 the material forming the blind should be of a width just narrow enough to pass between the beads or stops 1) or opening of the casement or frame B and of a. length sufficient to allow of its being passed out between the top sash B and casement, then down over outside of sashes, and preferably in again between the bottom Figs. 4, 4, and 4 are a plan, 7

of lower sash B and the easement, the lower part of blind when brought into the apartment being secured either by being held between the lower sash and casement or by the lower endof blind beingprovided with a cord 1), which is secured to a fixing b within the apartment or building. In some cases the cord b, attached to bottom end of blind, is made endlessand passed over and under the top and bottom sashes, respectively, and encircling the sashes.

The roller 0, supporting the blind A, is hung from brackets C, and said roller has at its one end a two-part or adjustable-width drum C made of two flanged rings secured in position by small screws, said flanges being concaved, as shown.

D is the pull-cord, which is wound upon drum 0*, and it is by unwinding said cord that the blind islifted. Said cord also passes through a friction or compression grip E, which holds the cord and so the blind at the requisite height, and said friction-grip, together with the roller-brackets and other furnishings, is preferably secured to the casement or other part of the framing within the apartment or building.

The friction-grip is made of two short flat plates 6, each provided with a hole near both its ends for the passage of a wood-screw 6 which is supported in the casement-frame or other support. The plates e are laid one upon the other on the screws under the the screw-heads,the pull-cord D lying between the plates (2'. The coiled springs e exert the necessary force on the grip -plates and so onto the pull-cord to support the blind, while at same time the cord can be readily drawn through the grip-plates. Such force can be adjusted by simply screwing up or unscrewing the wood-screws. Also this spring always retains the cord taut between it and the drum on roller, and thus prevents the cord leaping over the flanges of drum 0 Another improvement relates to an alternative form of bracket to support the blindroller, such brackets being made of a U shape, as shown in Fig. 5, with a bearing for the roller-pintles in the hollowof the U, the space between the bars of brackets being wide enough to allow the end part of roller 0 springs e, the outer ends of which bear against ICO to pass between them in order to facilitate the placing of the roller and blind in position as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5. Said hanging brackets C have feet on them at right angles to the web-bars, and the feet are provided with holes to receive screws for sccu ring the brackets in position.

Vhen the blind is used for any of the purposes herein mentioned other than that of a window-blind, it is supported and furnished with the same fixings as described in connection with the said window-blind.

The outer surface of this blind may be utilized for advertising purposes by having the advertisements printed or otherwise displayed on them.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A blind for covering the outer surface of windows, made of a width to pass between the beads orstops of the casement or windowframe and of a length suificient to allow its top and bottom part to pass to inside of apartment through the space between top and bottom sashes and casement combined with a roller upon which the blind is supported, said roller having the cord drum or barrel made in two parts so that its width is adjustable and with inturned or concaved flanges to prevent the cord leaping, brackets for supporting said roller, a cord operating on said barrel or drum on said roller and a compressiongrip composed of two plates located loosely on screw-stems and acted on by coiled springs arranged between the screwheads and the outer plate, said grip being designed to act on the cord and so retain the blind at the requisite position, substantially as described and shown.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

ANNIE ELEANORA MILLANE. Witnesses:

BEDLINGTON BoDYcoMB, N. J. S. THOMPSON. 

